[Prot] Fix my Tanking!

Fix my Tanking!

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To help people who have put forth the effort into learning their class/spec and want to see how and where they may be going wrong when not getting the numbers you want. If you cant, on your own, figure out what more needs to be done, and want some "expert" opinions this is the place is for you!

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Last edited by Krekko; 2012-11-09 at 06:53 PM.

-Retribution, the path of the protector or mender brought to it's natural conclusion; destroying evil before the weak need to be shielded from it, and before it can wound the innocent.Fix My DPS | Fix My Heals | Fix My Tanking |

Not sure what the policy is with mods linking to other sites, but it may benefit those looking for advice if you chuck in the essentials like sacredduty, maintankadin and maybe tankspot into the pre-requisite content. It's all in the guide but just cleans everything up.

Not sure what the policy is with mods linking to other sites, but it may benefit those looking for advice if you chuck in the essentials like sacredduty, maintankadin and maybe tankspot into the pre-requisite content. It's all in the guide but just cleans everything up.

It's okay to link out (within reason and context), so I added Sacredduty, Maintankadin to the pre-requistie! Thanks!

Any other tips feel free to add!

-Retribution, the path of the protector or mender brought to it's natural conclusion; destroying evil before the weak need to be shielded from it, and before it can wound the innocent.Fix My DPS | Fix My Heals | Fix My Tanking |

What is this guy doing wrong?

Ive been trying to explain to him to get more hit and expertise and also stop gemming like a rainbow.... can someone please give me some backup? I plan on linking this to him later today(if there will be any feedback).

(Not sure if this counts as naming and shaming, I apologize if it does.)

@Cathis;
Imo tank shouldn't stack exp and hit, sure it gives better control but if you can't manage to keep aggro without it i would actually say your a bad tank.

If you check the gems in mop you get doubble the ammount of secondary stat for example you can get a 160 int gem but if you get a gem with secondary stats you will get 320 of that stat critt for example. Also it's probably worth going for the socket bonus rather than just stacking a shit ton of stamina... I mean getting that huge ammount of stamina doesn't really matter if you don't have avoidance.

Imo tank shouldn't stack exp and hit, sure it gives better control but if you can't manage to keep aggro without it i would actually say your a bad tank.

If you check the gems in mop you get doubble the ammount of secondary stat for example you can get a 160 int gem but if you get a gem with secondary stats you will get 320 of that stat critt for example. Also it's probably worth going for the socket bonus rather than just stacking a shit ton of stamina... I mean getting that huge ammount of stamina doesn't really matter if you don't have avoidance. Also you shouldn't try to discuss paladin tanking with your GM if you don't have a single clue about how tanks work...

The guy you quoted seems to know more about paladin tanking than you do.

You don't use expertise and hit for the threat anymore. You use it for higher ShoR uptime. Stamina is a perfectly viable stat to gem for when at 15% expertise and 7.5% hit.

Avoidance is worth fuck all for paladins right now. Hit, Expertise, Haste, Stamina and Mastery are where it is at (in that order).

@OP: If you would like to, you can link my guide (see the link in the signature) over on TankSpot in the OP.

What I don't really have an idea of is just how better it would be to get the hardcap for expertise and sacrifice a huge amount of mastery to get there.

Also what trinkets? Not counting the two I have equipped I have Brewmaster trinkets (the dodge one and one of the pure stamina ones) and Heart of fire (mastery and on use dodge)

Can't post links but my char is Shippai on EU Grim Batol

Hardcapping expertise is well worth it.

On trinkets, use DMC + a stamina brewfest trinket or 2 stamina brewfest trinkets. If you don't have the DMC or can't afford it, or don't have 2 stamina brewfest trinkets, use 1 stamina brewfest trinket and the mastery + dodge use one.

Hit > Exp > Haste > Mastery
I would far rather roll for Haste Mastery dps items than dodge parry tank items of the same slot, Heck they have more STR on so ill get some parry either way :P
I hope he isnt rolling with anything other than seal of insight and by the looks of it is totally nerfing your raid by not using "glyph of the battle healer"
With a full haste build I managed 90k dps and 35k hps on 10 man stoneguard without being difficult to heal at all.

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With the avoidance build his hp will be spiking all over like a bitch, whack some stamina trinkets on that build and you've practically thrown a mana burn dot all over your healers that keeps ticking till they're oom.

I usually end up tanking the "other one" that only takes 10% damage :/

I find that rather silly considering the damage+hps paladins pull out by tanking both, especially on heroic.

I mean, im averaging on 50-60k hps on that fight ( heroic ofc with the tiles buff )
Can't remember dps numbers, so won't pull a number out of my ass.
Paladins are just insane on that fight, and its like having an extra healer.